Peter Samuelson wrote: > > My main goal is to make it easier to write Config.in files, by making > the syntax and semantics less awkward. [...] > > * The current 'if' statement is really ugly and unintuitive,[...] Agreed.
> * Current 'if' semantics are hard to get right in many common cases.[...] Agreed. > I am trying to design a replacement statement which *does* cover > common cases easily, while not losing any of the flexibility we have > now. The current state of my proposal gives quite a bit *more* > functionality than we have now - some config files have the > potential to become considerably simpler / shorter. And some have the potential to become broken. > [...] I have looked through > the kbuild2.5 makefiles, and there were many places where Keith > deliberately enforced things that looked completely arbitrary (link > order in particular) merely for the sake of having an apples-to- > apples comparison. It should be pointed out that Keith's task was easier in that he had exactly *one* existing set of semantics to reproduce, we have *three*. Greg. -- the price of civilisation today is a courageous willingness to prevail, with force, if necessary, against whatever vicious and uncomprehending enemies try to strike it down. - Roger Sandall, The Age, 28Sep2001. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ kbuild-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kbuild-devel
